In a shocking incident, four minors have been booked by the police in Meerut for allegedly raping an eight-year-old girl with impaired hearing. Among the accused in the incident here on Sunday is the 12-year-old brother of the victim. Inspector A.P. Misra of the Kanker Khera police station told reporters on Tuesday that the brother’s […]
It is a strange anomaly of history, both true and unjust. I was born in Srinagar, as were both my parents. My sister though was born in Delhi and went on to marry a Bengali settled in the capital, so struck down by a double whammy. Yes she is not a state subject and could […]
In September 2012, Dr Pranab Mukherjee, peoples President of India, invited me to join him on a trip to Srinagar. He was to address the Kashmir University convocation. With great trepidation I said ‘yes’. There was a part of me which was unsure and another part hugely excited because it meant revisiting my “madre vatan” […]
Under the newly enacted law that prohibits instant pronouncement of “triple talaq”, a case has been registered in Uttar Pradesh here, where a man allegedly divorced his wife in the middle of a road for refusing to arrange a dowry amount of Rs 1 lakh, police said. A case has been registered under section 4 […]
A large number of users have started giving Zomato one-star reviews on Google Play Store to voice their disagreement against the food delivery app on how the company is fine if some customers want specifically “Halal” meat. The users claimed that by having the ‘Halal’ option, Zomato is associating religion to food. Reacting to this, […]
The Balakot air-strikes carried out by Indian Air Force (IAF) in February this year and Pakistans response thereafter, has brought into sharp focus Indias need for better military and technological edge over its enemies as far as defence capabilities are concerned. On February 26, Indian airplanes crossed the LoC into the disputed region of Kashmir […]
The Supreme Court on Friday ordered day-to-day hearing on the Ayodhya dispute from August 6 as a committee appointed to mediate the vexed issue failed to reach any conclusion. In a packed courtroom, a Constitution bench headed by Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi said: “The mediation has not resulted in a final settlement of the dispute. […]
National Award recipient and renowned artist Karpuri Devi, who helped revive the art of Madhubani paintings, passed away at a hospital in the Madhubani district of Bihar. She was 94. She will be cremated on Wednesday. A native of Ranti village in Bihar, Karpuri Devi was the sister-in-law of noted Madhubani artist and Padma Shri […]
In a first-of-its-kind since India’s partition, a team of over 500 Sikh pilgrims will enter India from Pakistan via road on Thursday after paying obeisance at the historic Nankana Sahib as part of the 550th birth anniversary celebrations of Guru Nanak Dev, the founder of Sikhism, event organisers said. Two days ago, the pilgrims entered […]
Compared to their global counterparts, Indian entrepreneurs and small business owners are more inclined towards building an online presence, says a survey by Internet names and registrations management major GoDaddy. Almost one-third of the total Indian small businesses surveyed reported that they already have a website and about 19 per cent responded that they plan […]